Oakland CA

When you're cruising by cars stuck in traffic on Highway 24 at rush hour, BART feels like a whoosing magic carpet. How fast can a BART train really go, though?. BART trains can feel fast, especially through the Transbay Tube -- but the real answer depends on what you mean by "fast."

I recently downloaded InTown app because I wanted something local and grounded. Living in San Francisco, I pay attention to California weather and state decisions. They never stay abstract for long.

(KRON) — Burglars who broke into a beloved Oakland barbecue spot in the early hours of Tuesday morning were caught on surveillance video. Everett and Jones on Macarthur Boulevard was the victim of a commercial burglary at around 4:20 a.m. Tuesday. The burglar took a small tablet that was used for mobile orders and...

A late-night store run on International Boulevard ended in gunfire for a 61-year-old man today, after he was shot while leaving a shop on the 7000 block in East Oakland, police said. The man drove himself to a hospital, where he was treated for a wound to his foot and listed in stable condition. Investigators said...

Lucid Motors, the Bay Area EV maker that tapped actor Timothée Chalamet for a global brand campaign, is laying off more than 300 employees at its Newark headquarters.

During the early morning hours of Monday, February 23, Alameda Police Department (APD) responded to a series of commercial burglaries in Alameda. Nine businesses were impacted, according to an APD report on Facebook. The first burglary was reported shortly after 3 a.m. During the initial stages of the investigation,...

County investigators have identified the 74-year-old Berkeley woman who died when her home caught fire Feb. 4. Mary Ellen Bruns had lived at 1301 Poe St. for a little over a decade, and had struggled in recent years, according to her landlord. Her cause of death remains under investigation, according to the Alameda...

Mohammed “Moe” Adibi seems to fist bump or shake hands with everyone who comes within a 50-foot radius. On Monday afternoon at his new restaurant Gada (opens in new tab), that included city workers in yellow vests, two Bernal Heights parents, and a young man sporting an Outside Lands tee. “I love his sandwich,” one...

The city posted notices last week saying they would be cleaning up the encampment on Tuesday. Monday, it was delayed. Still, homeless residents were trying to figure out what's next.

A man was found fatally shot yesterday on Bethel Island, turning a stretch of Dutch Slough Road into an active homicide scene, authorities said. Deputies were dispatched to the 3200 block of Dutch Slough Road at about 8:50 PM, where they discovered a man lying in the roadway with a gunshot wound. Deputies and...